So I have a hold of a new CTL 2Go Pad..
2go PC Slate
After playing with it for a couple of days, there are definately big pluses and minuses to both the iPad and something like this, and it's really all about what you're going to use it for. Overall right this moment an iPad is a better overall experience if you just want to do what you can do on it.
iPad Wins:
Battery Life
All apps are designed for a tablet, and give up space properly for the on screen keyboard, etc.
Screen switch animations, etc. are far more polished, looks like it's doing something even when you're waiting
Video is a bit better vs the hardware on the 2Go, not really an OS issue though
Win7 Tablet Wins:
I can run anything on it, which does matter around the office
Runs flash (I don't really care, but to some people this is a big deal)
It's Win7 Pro so I can have it on the domain, multiple people can use and get their own docs/email/etc. very hard to share an iPad similarly
Big HDD, lots of memory
Connects seamlessly to all of the network shares, remote machines, printers, scanners, etc. since it's a PC
Windows 7 is a huge improvement for a touch device over Vista and especially over XP. XP tablets were difficult without a stylus, this isn't half bad, the on screen keyboard is actually really good, equal to the one on the iPad other than it is on top of stuff sometimes because the apps aren't made for it. Also, once you fire up Office 2007/2010 on a touch device you see really how important switching to the ribbon and moving away from all the nested menus was. Microsoft has been slowly marching in this direction for a long time, it's not a bunch of last minute hacks like the tablet pack for XP.
Maybe we need a tablet thread for the bashing to continue in both directions?
